Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band
EP by Joanna Newsom
Released April 9, 2007
Genre Indie folk
Label Drag City
Joanna Newsom chronology
Yarn and Glue
(2003)		 Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Harmonium 4.5/5 stars[2]
Pitchfork Media (8.7/10)[3]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 stars[4]
Stylus (C)[5]
Twisted Ear 4/5 stars[6]

Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band is an EP by Joanna Newsom, first released on April 9, 2007 via Drag City.

The EP was recorded and mixed over three days at The Plant Studios after Joanna had cancelled three consecutive shows due to a lost voice at the end of her seven-week-long U.S. tour. It contains one previously unreleased song, "Colleen", and new arrangements of two previously-released songs, "Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" from Milk-Eyed Mender and Walnut Whales and "Cosmia" from Ys.

The album title is a pun on the E Street Band, a musical group famous for backing up Bruce Springsteen.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Colleen" – 6:41
  2. "Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" (New arrangement) – 4:02
  3. "Cosmia" (New arrangement) – 13:23

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
U.S. Top Heatseekers 17
Independent Albums 47
Danish Album Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 135[7]

[edit] Performers

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Harmonium review
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  5. ^ Stylus review
  6. ^ Twisted Ear review
  7. ^ Zobbel (2008-01-25). "Chart Log UK 2007". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_2007.HTM. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 

[edit] External links

Joanna Newsom
Albums
EPs
Walnut Whales · Yarn and Glue · Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band
Singles
"Sprout and the Bean" · "What We Have Known"
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